Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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1. Top 50 Albums of 2021: The Wire

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 15 Best Books of 2025 Los Angeles Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Beginners Mike Mills
Elsbeth
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Meet Me in the Bathroom Lizzy Goodman
A Small Light
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Plain Bad Heroines Emily M. Danforth
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Monkey Man Dev Patel
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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